{"id":2508,"date":"2014-03-25T02:42:23","date_gmt":"2014-03-25T01:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.danielebesana.com\/blog\/?p=2508"},"modified":"2014-03-25T03:03:50","modified_gmt":"2014-03-25T02:03:50","slug":"bolaven-plateau-loop-day-4-pakse-attapeu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielebesana.com\/blog\/life\/travels\/bolaven-plateau-loop-day-4-pakse-attapeu","title":{"rendered":"Bolaven Plateau loop day 4: From Pakse to Attapeu"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Bolaven<\/a>
Bolaven Plateau Map – day 4<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A powerful coffee, nice roads, our second party LaoLao-style and a swim under a waterfall are the highlights of the fourth day of this Bolaven Plateau<\/a> exploration.<\/p>\n

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Chronicle<\/h2>\n

7:00 – Already awaken, after a nightmare in which I missed two consecutive planes from Milano Train Station (?) to Canada (?). Hints for the shrink: it was my fault, I felt horrible for the money loss, and I tried to cover up the mishap to don’t feel imbecile.<\/p>\n

8:00 – After just two days we are totally abitu\u00e9e<\/em>\u00a0in the next door guesthouse, where we have a bread with eggs and a papaya juice.<\/p>\n

8:45 – Stop at Caf\u00e9 Em just 200m from Sailoymen guesthouse, meeting the owner, waiting 10 minutes to have a freshly roasted Arabica coffee<\/a>, yet again prepared with Italian moka. It was a powerful ass-kicking start of the day!<\/p>\n

\"Cafe<\/a>
Cafe Em, for a powerful start of the day<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

9:20 – We’re driving. The air is fresh, the road is pleasant.<\/p>\n

11:00 – We reach Sekong, still with the coffee taste in our mouths. Sekong is hot like hell, people are probably hiding somewhere and overall it’s not the place where you wanna be.<\/p>\n

\"Lao<\/a>
Lao Lao Style party 2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

11:30 – Further south, we reach Tad Fek waterfall (5.000 kip entrance with parking) where people were waiting us for our second party LaoLao-style! We got offered Beer Lao with ice as usual, the spiciest papaya salad I ever tried and two tasty grilled white fishes.
\nPeople were extremely happy to have us there, and started asking us for pictures.
\nAlso today they offered us the single girls but nobody could explain us what was the party about.
\nMaybe they just had no need for a reason to celebrate.
\nIn a group of 40 people, nobody could speak English but a smile, an hand on the hearth and a laugh go a long way connecting people that want to have fun together!<\/p>\n

They also played the traditional “eat a banana and run to drink water” Laotian game, and they kindly allowed us to take a video of it.<\/p>\n